You can stop saying “assalamu alaikum” to your neighbor, shave your beard, tell your children not to speak […]
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In an era of xenophobia, nationalism and anti-immigrant sentiment, faith-based sanctuary movements are fighting back. The Trump administration’s […]
In Russia, nearly 40 women die every day due to domestic violence. This rate is around three per […]
“It is not madness; not lunacy. It is the creeping iron in the soul.” In December 1992, India […]
Ronald Reagan, known for his one-liners, often joked that “as long as there are final exams, there will be […]
The Bible, like most books, isn’t perfect. While this statement is utterly incontrovertible, declaring it publicly would nonetheless […]
This past weekend, Europa Laica (Secular Europe), a non-profit organization committed to the promotion of secularism, the secular […]
The chaotic days of India’s partition still leave their mark on the country’s conscience today. In 1947, India […]
On February 26, Bangladeshi-American blogger Avijit Roy was murdered in the street by religious extremists in Dhaka, Bangladesh. […]
On the evening of Tuesday, February 10, three young Muslim students were fatally shot near the University of […]
It’s easy to see why Russia’s ultranationalist youth groups have earned comparisons to the Hitler Youth. Masterminded in 2005 by Kremlin ideologist and later Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov, Nashi (“Ours” in English) soon became the largest among the pro-Putin youth groups. In its heyday, it was some 100,000 members strong. Nashi members attended patriotic summer “training camps,” led massive, mob-like pro-Putin rallies with violent chants and drumming, accused foreign ambassadors of subversive activities, and even “set up an installation that featured the decapitated heads of certain Russian opposition leaders and Western politicians…wearing caps with Nazi symbols.”